Sports - July 28, 2015 Having Favre and Starr at the table would make for a very special Thanksgiving
As Green Bay Packers training camp opens and the pro football season gets started, it's easy to have a whole bunch of things to anticipate with joy. Perhaps at the top of the list is that the Packers are one of the favorites to make it to the 50th Super Bowl in San Francisco. But I'm looking forward to something much more specific.

Sports - July 27, 2015 Assembly takes up arena finance bill Tuesday
Tuesday is a big day for the Milwaukee Bucks as the State Assembly is slated to take up the measure to provide $250 million in financing for the new downtown arena. If the bill is amended, and Democrats are going to fight for amendments, the measure will go back to the State Senate.

Arts & Entertainment - July 24, 2015 Off The Wall's "Spring Awakening" is a wrenching morality play
In a place that has hosted such decadent theater as a blistering "Cabaret" and a shockingly brutal "Trainspotting" it is stunningly surprising to find a morality play being staged in the tiny black box of Off The Wall Theatre.But that's what you get with the production of "Spring Awakening," the multiple Tony Award winning musical with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik.

Sports - July 23, 2015 New Bucks arena site suggests Selig might have been wrong about Downtown
For the past two decades the Milwaukee Bucks have disproved a fear that former Milwaukee Brewers' owner Bud Selig had when it was time to build Miller Park. And the historic presence of the Bradley Center can provide confidence that Selig's fears will not resurface when the new arena is built.

Movies & TV - July 21, 2015 Favre's audible scores, but throws WTMJ broadcast for a loss
The ceremony Saturday to retire Brett Favre's number and put him in the Packers Hall of Fame was a touching and emotional evening. It was quintessential Favre, drawing up a play in the dirt. But it was nearly ruined for the folks at home by a terribly lackluster WTMJ broadcast.

Sports - July 20, 2015 Favre ceremony is a testament to fan forgiveness
Brett Favre will be inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame Saturday. The retired quarterback joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Paul Molitor as players who left Wisconsin under difficult circumstances but later were honored for their contributions.

Sports - July 16, 2015 Brown Deer hosts young golfers on the road to the LPGA
Nothing is as exciting as watching young athletes try to qualify and make it to the big leagues. The Symmetry tour is for young women trying to make it to the LPGA tour and the Potawatomi are sponsoring a tournament with these players at Brown Deer Park golf course.

Sports - July 15, 2015 Golf's Grand Slam is a legacy of the magical Bob Drum
The modern grand slam of golf was created on an airplane when writer Bob Drum was flying with Arnold Palmer to the British Open. Drum wrote a column about it and before long the concept was born and golfers everywhere talked about it with reverence. It has never been done.